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Anthony Ruthven Gethryn is the series detective for more than a dozen of Philip MacDonald's murder mysteries, written between 1924 and 1956. He is a notable early example of the amateur detective, often pursuing criminals through means unavailable to the police with whom he otherwise works closely.

Biography
In Macdonal's first Gethryn novel, The Rasp, Gethryn is presented as a British ex-secret service agent and newspaper reporter, who solves an intricate locked room mystery. He meets and falls in love with his future wife, Lucia, in the course of this story.

Film Depictions
The role of Gethryn was played by Claude Horton in the 1932 film version of The Rasp, now a lost film according to IMDB.

In the 1939 film, The Nursemaid Who Disappeared, the role of Gethryn is played by Arthur Margetson.

In the 1940 film, Le Collier de Chanvre, adapted from Macdonald's Rope to Spare, André Luguet plays the role of Gethryn.

The 1956 film, 23 Paces to Baker Street, based on the 1938 Gethryn novel, Warrant for X, conflates Gethryn's character with that of the playwright who overhears the conversation which triggers the plot. Van Johnson plays the role of Phillip Hannon, the blind playwright / detective.

George C. Scott played Gethryn in the 1963 film The List of Adrian Messenger, based on MacDonald's 1956 novel of the same name.